Health Communication
Scholarly Publications
Elmore, C. (In press). A
Woman’s (and Man’s?) Right to Choose: Journalists’
Language Choices in News
about Abortion. Electronic Journal of
Communication.
Kean, L.G., & Prividera, L.C.
(2007). Communicating about race and health: A content analysis of
print advertisements in African American and general readership
magazines. Health Communication, 21, 289-298.
Bresnahan, M., Lee, S. Y., Smith, S. W.,
Shearman, S. M. & Yoo, J. H. (2007). Reservations of the Spirit: The
Development of a Culturally Sensitive Spiritual Beliefs Scale about
Organ Donation. Health Communication, 21(1), 45-54.
Bresnahan, M., Lee, S. Y., Smith, S. W.,
Shearman, S. M., Nebashi, R., Park, C. Y., & Yoo, J. (2007). A
Theory of Planned Behavior Study of College Students’ Intention to
Register as Organ Donors in Japan, Korea, and the United States.
Health Communication, 21(3), 201-211.
Kean, L.G. & Albada, K.F.
(2003). The relationship between college students’ schema regarding
alcohol use, their television viewing patterns and their previous
experience with alcohol. Health Communication, 15 (3),
277-298.
Kean, L.G. & Albada, K.F.
(2002). The association between television viewing and college
students’ perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding alcohol
use. Web Journal of Mass Communication Research, 5, (2).
Godbold, L.C., & Pfau, M.
(2000). Conferring resistance to peer pressure among adolescents:
Using the inoculation paradigm to discourage alcohol use.
Communication Research, 27, 411-437.
Dillard, J.P., Plotnick,
C.A., Godbold, L.C., Freimuth, V. and Edgar, T. (1996). The multiple
affective outcomes of AIDS PSAs: Fear appeals do more than scare
people. Communication Research, 23(1), 44-72.
Other Publications
Kean, L.G. (2006). Book
review: Save The Children (2004). Effective Peer Education:
Working with children and
young people on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. The
Journal of Health Communication 11, (5), 543-545.
Timberg, B. (2005). On mental
health support groups: “What’s So Funny About Being Bipolar: The
Depression Bipolar Support Alliance of Charlotte, North Carolina,”
In Search of Fatherhood 7:3 (Summer 2005): 41--46.
www.insearchoffatherhood.blogspot.org.
Timberg, B. (2004). On social and economic conditions
that lead to breakdowns in mental health: “Fired—and Changed
Forever: Tough Transitions in Tough Times,” cover story, Charlotte
Creative Loafing, March 10-16, 2004: 27-31.
Godbold, L.C. (2002). Alcohol
in the media. Encyclopedia of Communication and Information.
New York: MacMillan Reference, USA.
Scholarly/Creative Works in
Process/Under Review
Green, E., & Timberg, B.
(2008). Documentary – The New Country Doctor.
Prividera, L.C. & Kean, L.G.
(2007). Advertising and health: A critical
analysis of print advertisements in African American and general
readership magazines.
Thomson, D. (2007).
Play With Your Food: The Online Marketing of
Breakfast Cereal to Kids.
Vangelis, L. (2007).
Empowerment and Health Narratives of Women:
Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapies, and the Women’s Health
Initiative.
Conference Presentations
Vangelis, L. (2008).
Bodies in Resistance: The Re-Envisioned Menopause. Paper to be
presented at the Southern States Communication Association in
Savannah.
Thomson, D. (2007).
Clowning Around with Ronald: Subversive Performances of a Fast Food
Icon. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National
Communication Association in Chicago.
**Winner of award for Top
Contributed Paper in Performance Studies.
Thomson, D. (2007).
Spectacular Decapitations: The Body Politics of Shaming Fat with
Personal Responsibility. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the National Communication Association in Chicago.
Vangelis, L. (2006).
Navigating the Murky Terrain of Menopause: Sensemaking and
Empowerment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
National Communication Association in San Antonio.
Prividera, L., & Kean, L.
(2006). Advertising and Health: A Critical Analysis of Print
Advertisements in African American and General Readership Magazines.
Presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication
Association, San Antonio.
Kean, L., & Prividera, L.
(2005) Communicating about Race and Health: A Content Analysis of
Print Advertisements in African American and General Readership
Magazines. Paper presented at the annual conference of the
National Communication Association, Boston.
**Top paper award in the
African American and Culture Division.
Timberg, B. (2005). On
post-WWII trauma associated with personal life history: “Memories
of Resistance: Hendrik Carel ten Horn and the Resistance Movement in
Nijmegen, Holland, 1940-45,” outlined, researched, edited, wrote
accompanying narrative and composed Photoshop sequences of drawings,
photographs and art work for Poster presented at the 6th
Biennial Life Review and Reminiscence Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Kean, L.G. & Albada, K.F.
(2004) The Effectiveness of anti-smoking public service
announcements: Do emotional appeals really work? Paper presented
at the annual conference of the International Communication
Association in New Orleans.
Vangelis, L. (2003).
Women, HRT, and the New Faces of Menopause. Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the National Communication Association in
Miami.
Grant Activity and Research
Support/Awards
Kean, L. Certified Healthy
Carolinians Partnerships. Mini-grant application submitted May 2005
by Pitt Partners for Health. Request: $10,000 to develop
communication strategy to reach high risk, underserved populations
regarding health issues in Pitt County. Consultant role: $2500.
Grant funded.
Kean, L. Consultant—Eastern
North Carolina HIV/AIDS Consortium Spring 1999.
